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PEIVATE CIRCUS IS
LATEST SOCIETY FAD
Duchess of Roxburghe Is First of
ArrtaWcans to Take lTp New Craze
xarted by Rothschild at Country
Residence.
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London, Aug. 24 Mayfair . kestows
a nickname on almoat everyone and
George Keaaler of New York is now
familiarly known here a tha ' "Yankee
River King." "Rlveradala" tha Eliza
bethan mansion on the banks of the
Thamea. which ha bought a while ago
and renamed "New York Lodge" 'baa
now been tranaformed by. Mm from' a
beautiful old-world, house-to a sort : of
mu aditinn of the: Carlton hotel, lhe
alteraUona were flnlahed thla week- and
coat $460,000. .
But money la evidently no object to
Mr Keaaler. Society haa been amased
at a atory about him wnicn la now su
ing the rounds. This aifirma that Mr.
Keasler'a ambition Is to entertain King
Edward at "New York lodge." He
' made hla proffer of becoming a royal
. boat In the proper quarter and It la
said 'to have' been Intimated that If he
tt-- pared to-domte half a million' Hollars to
the king a hospital runa, in ui proo
blllty hla majesty would And time, to
go up the river ana mane me acquaint
ance or tne aonor tor a any, vuvi
1 week-end.
Xonors Are SongM.
Truly I waa surprised to hear the
aum mentioned or that there should be
any aet price for the honor of receiving
Kins Eld ward as a guest. i in w
nf thn nhars-ea recently made in Par
Uament that honora have been .freely
hnurht and sold, society Is only too
ready to believe the1 latest atory. One
Is alwaya hearing statements about the
sale of honora but until lately It waa
generally agreed that these statements
emanated irom tne aisappoimea iom,
But the fact that the lateat charge was
made In the house of commons and that
the prime minister and former prime
minister DurKed an inquiry mio wa
aublert. haa made the allegation one
for aarlnua thouarht. So DerhSDS Mr,
Kesaler'a IttUa "bill" Is to be really
half a million -dollars. By the way An
drew Carnegie gave this earn aum to
the king's hoBpital fund a week or two
" ago. In view of the Kessler story eo
-clety la asking what signiucance at
lichM In Mr. Oarnearie'a KlftT
Society's very latest erase Is the pri
vate circus.- This la now the season
nf tha iiintrv-hoin Dartv and wlae
women are thinking out novel means of
amusing tneir irienas, ui eourso. it
is only the very wealthiest people who
can afford to have.auch a thing as a
private circus on tap. f he first of the
Americana to go in for the new fad
la the duchess of Roxburghe.
Collecting' Traiaed animals. ,
The duchess is now busying herself
In collecting an astonishing number of
trained animals lor tier circus wnicn
will be riven for the special eel i flea
tion of the prince and princess of Wales
when they pay their long-promised visit
to Floors Castle this fall. One must
have some special attraction nowadays
at the country-house, ptherwiae the
hostess cannot gather to her the long
Hat of fashionable leaders and other de
sirables in exclusive society. All the
luxury and magnificence in the world
will not induce people these daya to go
to the homea of others unless they are
going to be amused. Certain sets, of
course, are always ready if the shoot
ing la known to be particularly good or
the bridge play Is sure- to be fast and
brilliant and the stakes high. But
amusement is still the chief objective of
guest and hostess alike.
The Duchess of Roxburghe la, bow
ever, following the lead of the Hon.
Alfred de Rothschild, who has pos
sessed a private circus now for some
time. He Bet the fashion at Halton,
where the king paid him a visit the
other day. He la a most original enter
tainer la Alfred de Rothschild and Ed-
waed J a man who likes not only to be I
amused but also surprised.
Millionaire's Circus,
It was certainly a surprise when after
dinner the first evening the king and
tne other guests were conducted to com
fortable seats around a circus ring in
permanent building , near the house,
Here they witnessed a most wonderful
Kicrformance by the large troupe of the
iTHeMonaire s traineav animais.
t them
These
- anliTnMav seemingly, can do anything
under the sun but talk. Borne of then
were trained bv the great financier him
self but othera he bought from circus
companies and othera for large sums.
The star performer Js a Kerry pony
aoout aa Dig as a latr-sicea xsewrouna
land dog. This ia the pet of the finan
cler and was trained by the owner. 8h
ia called "Tha Bella of New York." The
pony amused Edward immensely, par
ticularly when she tried to sing "God
Save the King" to the accompaniment
or m. de Kotnacnim a magniricent pn
vate orchestra. ,
The "Belle" caught' a cold Bome
months ago and several veterinary aur
aeons were called in. The chill dvel
oped Into pneumonia and the pony's
master stayed at her side night and
day. He stated to the doctors that he
would give -nan nis lortune tor the
pony's recovery. Tge pet duly, re
covered and although the "vets'v un
doubtedly gathered in a fortune. , j
doubt if it was quite half the Botha
child millions.
The new fad la a most exnennlva one
for the pet animals comprising these
private circuses are an private prop
erty and if not trained by the "owner
are purchased for very large sums. Juat
now 11 is no uncuniraun minx 10 see
advertisements in the fashionable morn
ing papers for accomplished dogs. cats.
monkeys, ponies and ao on. ;; Those de
siring them are wining to pay sums
vat-vino: from ISO to 1500. while a really
gifted animal ( will fetch 15,000. --j
Morgan , buibij.
Majestic la the only Word which quail
nicji jrie;
aatt
court, who was her uncle's guest, tried
flea the "aide" whlc
affected on his yacht, Corsal
recent, cowea -regatta.
rpont Morgan
Mr durinar tha
Mra, Lulu Har-
to lntroduoe him .,; to several of her
friends, including one or two serene
highnesses. - and
ulfiied the honor. It would aeem he haa
cot into ma neaa tne iaea mat an Enr
Hah TQ-aiUlea want. to aret something out
f iifftu Even the king he keeps at a
'jafain distance lest his majesty might
fx him for a favor. He had shoals of
invitations to land parties and , to ao
sept hospitalities on other -yachts, but
lever once did he leave- the Corsair. '
- 'This vessel is tha possession he loves
8 1, so hla friends say, and he is never
io haptty as. when temporarily Isolated
ipon It from society in. general. ; The
laloon Is decorated with seascapes4i.il
naaterpieces, which include a Jew.Tur
lexs. i Home ens - wno snows tens me
.hat the kinghas bad a great deslrt to
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see the interior of the "Corsair." but the
millionaires haa no intention of asking
mm to do an. All tma was peculiarly
awkward for Mrs. Lulu Haroourt, who
la on terms of such intimacy with the
king and aueen. But being aware that
discretion is the better part of valor,
she- realized1 that once her uncle takes a
thing into hla head all the xtrowned
heads In Europe would not lnfuce. him
to alter his mind.
' Racentlv them was attached to the
Prince of Walea' household a Scotsman
whose capacity for bluntnesa scarcely1
fits him for the delicate duties of court
Th 1 j. nr.u. v. V. .
I'Q , rilllVOH .UL TTB1W, 1T1IIP una m
cumins' deal r a that her husband should
be as popular with the people as Is the
King, is always endeavoring to nna out
the exact feeling with which the- people
regard mm ana aueries averr newcomer
In the establishment for information.
Calling the latest addition to her side
on day she said: - , .."'
- now ten ma thu nnnaat trntn- wnat
ao ine puDiio aay about tha prince rv
-,rW hv. how , ahmilH T knnw ini'iml"
he replied.
do know and I do want to hear."
. After some consideration and feeling
tnat there - was no way-out of it the
acotenman blurted out, -"Well, ma'am.
J.0110".?11" rutb J y ha drinks
liae a. f Ian. .j- ... .... v.
"HOW dlsrrarnl anil nnVlnt anit im.
just, too, of them to Bay auch a thlng,"1
reiuraojne princess with tears in her
5?? i. What an Jiptrutlj, too. I realy
donjhlnkvyou ahOuir ava"fbTa to
such a thing." . .
People In the rOvat ant ah rara nnw
SAT that tha Snot haa nnmai n th. mnA
of hla -tether, and that he won't get a
PRESS BIYSTERY
STIRS PARIS
Anguished Personals Plead
for Keturn of Adored One
to Unknown Man
(Jonrntl Bpeelil Berrtra.) ,
Paris, Aug. 39. In vivid language In
tha public preaa a mysterious man,- be
lieved to be a rich Russian, la calling
tb his runaway wife to return to him.
aay Parla for the time being, is In
tensely interested in thejragedy of oya
which 4s Unfolded.
For many days the "personal" and
other columns of V Journal, the 'paper
with, the biggest circulation in France,
has contained unsigned messages ad.
dressed to "Madeleine, my adored one."
A a the daya pass they have grown
more fervid tha anrulshed cries of a
Parisians are unanimous In hoping
that "Madeleine" will answer tha agon
lailnai annaala i . '
By niecina' together the Varioua nara-
graphs ia the "Agony" column one gtta
almost the complete story of this
"tragic" romance.
Evidently the French wife of a Rus
sian has left him and journeyed to
Paris. From here she has communi
cated with him. He has followed but
she appears to have vanished.
The man, presumably Is wealthy, for
"personal" advertisements cost 1 franc,
75 centimes a line In Le Journal, and al
ready hundreds of lines have been used.
During the last few days, too. the man
has not been satisfied with the "per
sonal" column, but has spread his cry
of agony all over the paper from the
editorial to the sporting Dare.
"Madeleine," If she ia a reality and
alive and In Paris must surely have re
ceived the messages ere this.
Blamea Himself.
Here is a translation of some of the
advertisements, which tells the atory:
"Madeleine, my adored one! Your
only fault In the past was due to my
miserable character,- Seven years I
have tormented you, injured you but
never deceived you. Forgive, forget
,-Jbe past never think of it again. - ,
i nave suirerea only too mucn ty my
wretched character. Looking back I
understand now that I never knew bow
ta touch your good heart, so fun of
sentiment. I hurried to Vichy, my only
wish being to adore, to . caress and
shelter you. I cannot live without you.
The -proof is that I have lost aU my
strength. I have now been In bed nine
days, all alone in Paria. where one aeea
all the -world. You will find, hera a
wish is to see us together before hla
death. Poor old man! Have pity on
him. He loves you so much. If you do
leave me you will get your desire, lib
erty without divorce. You needn't come
DacK to our old abode if you don t want
to. we can always go and live in 8t.
Petersburg or TrouvUle. There I will
live for you only and arrange for you a
little nest, full of happiness and care
and you will be happier there with baby
than you were at Bac, as with my for
tune and position I am sure to euooeed.
having you near me. There you will
be my adored wife, my adviser, and my
Departure Is Unknown.
Tn Russia your departure is un
known. . I have traveled IS days and
passed zo daya In Paris without sleep.
Knowing .nobody here I have not one
been at the theatre or concert. My only
rest has been to read over and over day
and night your letter of May 1st from
Paris when you wrote you would only
be too happy If I would come and get
you. Coma back to me. We will ao
and etay a' month at TrouvUle or Ofc-
tunae 10 invert you. ion win snow me
raria and your beautiful country.
"Suffering terribly knowing you have
no money, neg or you to come ana get
what you. want: it ia all voura. Come
back, aven if you do not love me any
more, xou naa-a tfi right aa you cave
Buffered through . me. The Jove will
come back by and by. The last time
you telegraphed me you saldv that you
loved mA alnnarelKL ;
tegvt will for you,y?rmftalicTe annTedBatTaraeaVeTTt-
you ao not come oaca to ma.
Madeleine, loved one!- I cannot live
aoart from vou. - In you -1 have-wife.
family, joy, everything. Papa came the
other day and left ma crying, bia only
name. In the name of all that haa been
aear to you in tne last seven years, nave
pity on your husband who loved you all
the time, but by his way of acting never
proved, it to you. 4 Seven , jreara until
June you loved me and that was my
strength, happiness and Incentive to
work. I have spent 21.000 fr. to try
to see my beloved Madeleine. Without
hope my martrydom Is unsupportable.
Have pity and communicate witn me.
The Literary Man's Chickens.
From Llpplncott's Magazine.
An Indiana man tells of tha efforts
of an author belonging to the Hoosier
school of historical novelists to put In
his leisure time as a "hen farmer" in
that state. The literary person's ven
ture afforded his agricultural neighbors
no end of amusement.
During his first year the amateur
farmer discovered that all his little
chickens, which were confined in coops,
were languishing at the point of death.
The novelist went over his "hen litera
ture" to locate the cause of the trouble.
but to no avail.
Finally ne called upon an old chan
named Rawlins, to whom he put the
question: s
"'What do you auppoas W tha matter
with those chickensr' - -
"Well. I dunno," said Rawlins. Whm
do you f eed 'nvr-" , v..'.-,
"Feed them!" exclaimed the nayeiiat.
farmer. "JWhy, I don't feed, them any
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. "Then. howd vou , s'noaa thV
a-goin' to iiverx' 'r - "rr
T'I presumed." replied tha literary tier.
son. "that the old hena had milk enough
ut . utsiu jut au,..-
' v ' A Bad Break. .
One of our contemporaries, save the
Camera, haa taken special delight in
becoming a critio regarding some of the
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mishaps that one will' make 'in "speech
or writing. No writer ia infallible, nor
d0 X? Pretend to be, but what are we
to think of the expression "One of our
f.2S,.?tJdent8. ln eayar" Is thla
lnfjf&tbl" gentleman running a "dlvorra
milC or will he claim that the hyphen,
la a missing letter that the usual in
telligent linotype operator hit Id mis
take? We are - advising thla nohle
editor to move from hla green house
the roof la rather attractive to atone
throwers, Probably we will aend him n
nice big rock the next time we give hlu
prominence. -. ;
7 ,.',1 '.Expert Tteportlng. - A
V-From the Westminster Qasetta
v,Ther are evident advantages la hav
ing our cricket reports written byex
perta, as ia the custom nowadays. Of
the match between Notts and Surrey one
of these gentlemen says: "If Notts 1m 1
held all their eatchea, and If Surrey list t
done the same, tha totals of titi iii
would undoubtedly ? have - been mu. n
smaller." Had this not been pointed ut
ao clearly the average man woiii.i nevn
have thought of ao simple and pnm -log
an explanation of the high
WXiHaatlaf ' tot Tronhla. .
a Tva lived la California i0 yr, m
am atlll hunting for trouble In n .
of burna. .soreav.woun.laM. t! h -
sprains or a cae of plies l!
lena Arnica Salve wont oi'
writes Charles . Walters (
Sierra Co. No u hunt
tera; it cures or money . ;
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